POC `startSpan` API

[adinauer]

:scroll: Description

:bulb: Motivation and Context

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• [ ] I reviewed the submitted code.
• [ ] I added tests to verify the changes.
• [ ] No new PII added or SDK only sends newly added PII if sendDefaultPII is enabled.
• [ ] I updated the docs if needed.
• [ ] Review from the native team if needed.
• [ ] No breaking change or entry added to the changelog.
• [ ] No breaking change for hybrid SDKs or communicated to hybrid SDKs.

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[adinauer]

FYI @markushi just so you're aware this exists, looks like we won't be using this atm though.

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Performance metrics :rocket:

	Plain	With Sentry	Diff
Startup time	471.69 ms	581.84 ms	110.15 ms
Size	1.70 MiB	2.35 MiB	667.29 KiB

[adinauer]

We're probably gonna implement this differently in the future (maybe next major)